Hermès. A very fine and very rare gilt brass and leather 8-day going revolving desk compendium with triple date manual calendar, barometer, thermometer and compass
Hermès. A very fine and very rare gilt brass and leather 8-day going revolving desk compendium with triple date manual calendar, barometer, thermometer and compass Signed Hermès, Paris, 24. Fg. St. Honorè, the movement Swiss, no. 29281, probably designed by Paul Dupré-Lafon, circa 1940 Movement: cal. 22’’’, manual, 15 jewels Dial: champagne, signed Hermès, Paris Case: three-body, cube-form, gilt brass, compass on the top, the sides with dials for the barometer and thermometer, manual calendar with engraved days of the month and apertures for the days of the week and the months, revolving on a stepped compressed leather square base, signed Hermès, Paris, dim. 12.8 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm.